Author Archives: Louise Gorenflo

David Graeber and David Wengrow (2021), Dawn of Everything. Describing the diversity of early human societies, the book critiques traditional narratives of history’s linear development from primitivism to civilization. Instead, The Dawn of Everything posits that humans lived in large, complex, … Continue reading →

Self-centeredness and a willingness to harm others have buried our sacred nature under a thick layer of harmful ways and wrong views. As we remove these layers, we begin to experience our sacred nature. When we stop using others as … Continue reading →

Those who further life on Earth know that we live as part of a greater whole, the Earth Interbeing. Our sacred path gives us the confidence (faith) that people can learn how we can live in ways that further life … Continue reading →

Centering on the sacred allows us to move our point of views around to give us more information on how to best align our intentions with our common values. We free ourselves from the singular point of centering on self … Continue reading →

When impatient, we feel weaker than what opposes us because we must wait for the other to act or the circumstances to change on their own. We feel compelled to assert our control over the situation. Ignorance underlies reactivity. Impatience … Continue reading →

We come to know ourselves as the ocean and the wave, as sacred being who arise as expressions of the sacred and then return to the sacred. Without expectations or demands, we act to further all life and not just … Continue reading →

Intentions commit us to a plan of action to achieve a goal. When we intend to do something, we have already decided that we want to do it. An intention connects our resolve to acting, serving as the last step … Continue reading →

Our acquaintance with the other beings who inhabit our common place deepens into knowing our mutual neediness and caring for each other. Until we recognize our mutual needs, then we have not found our commonality. Perhaps at this point, our … Continue reading →

Those on the path who live in Western culture feel torn between two worlds. We distance ourselves from the privileges, power, and wealth Western cultures offers. The culture of the Earth Interbeing expects us to live as an equal among … Continue reading →

On the path, those raised in Western culture struggle to even understand the concept of unity. Western culture denies the sacred, the sacredness of life, and the interdependence of life. Instead, Westerners believe we live as isolated parts of some … Continue reading →